Facebook To Preserve Accounts of the Dead 292
Barence writes "Social-networking site Facebook is planning to preserve the accounts of dead members. The new 'memorialized' accounts will continue to display photos and wall posts, but remove 'sensitive information' such as status updates and contact information. Friends or family who want to report the death of a Facebook member are encouraged to fill out the site's Deceased form. The form asks for proof of death, such as an obituary or news article, although it's not clear how Facebook can validate the death of a member if neither of those pieces of information is published on the internet. How long before someone snuffs it on Facebook before their time?"
Smart move! (Score:5, Funny)
They're making a wise decision: status updates and contact information for dead people pretty much define "sensitive information."
DEADGUY: "Status: Bones yellowed, but still have some structure. Rat finally got away with St. Anthony medallion. Anyone gonna to go the open bar at Styx tonight?!"
timothy
For Slashdotters (Score:5, Funny)
Be sure and leave a comment on Stephen King's page. Truly an American icon.
Re:Status updates for a dead person? (Score:5, Funny)
Removing that isn't so much privacy as logic. What would it say?
"Status: Dead"
"Status: Still Dead"
"Status: REAL Dead"
"Status: Excitedly Dead"
"Status: Dead Dead"
The Reaper likes this.
Re:as a nice touch.. (Score:5, Funny)
Does it lock down access to? (Score:3, Funny)
People won't bother to claim they died if it means it locks them out of their account as well.
After all, a real dead person can't update his/her status.
Re:Status updates for a dead person? (Score:5, Funny)
Removing that isn't so much privacy as logic. What would it say?
"Status: Dead"
"Status: Still Dead"
"Status: REAL Dead"
"Status: Excitedly Dead"
"Status: Dead Dead"
Status: Zombie. Want BRAAAAAINS
Next Up: (Score:5, Funny)
Does Abe Vigoda have a Facebook page? (Score:5, Funny)
http://www.abevigoda.com/ffb.php [abevigoda.com]
Mark Twain's (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Smart move! (Score:4, Funny)
I went ahead and reported this user [facebook.com] as dead.
Re:Status updates for a dead person? (Score:4, Funny)
Frank Deceased is now friends with: Wormy Maggot.
Frank Deceased Is it dark in here, or is it just me?
Frank Deceased has shared a link: http://www.city-data.com/forum/religion-philosophy/139511-purgatory-fact-fiction.html [city-data.com]
Frank Deceased /face melt
Frank Deceased sure is quiet down here
Re:Please tell me... (Score:3, Funny)
Heck, maybe the deceased person themselves wanted his or her account removed in case of death.
Guess they should have thought of that before they created their Facebook account. :-/
Re:For Slashdotters (Score:5, Funny)
Meme? I heard it on the radio this morning.
Hotblack Desiato's status: (Score:2, Funny)
Dead for tax purposes.
Re:Smart move! (Score:5, Funny)
I'd kind of like to see one from someone getting cremated:
"Heh. Dad, I don't know how you knew about them, but I'm glad you didn't let Mom find those Henta- wait... why are you putting those in that box with the rest of your- ewww." 3 hours ago
"Dad! Don't let mom look behind my GRR Martin books on the shelf! It won't end well!" 4 hours ago
"Wait, what are you guys doing with those bags? Why are you going into the basement?!" 4 hours ago
"Sweet, I'm on the mantle." 5 hours ago
"Whew, THAT was odd. I didn't know cremation could be such an experience. Now I'm in a bottle. It better be one of those Star Trek urns [eternalimage.net] like I told them" 8 hours ago
"Whoah, OK, getting a little warm in here. I thought it was November!" 10 hours ago
"OK, on the move finally. I wonder where they're putting me." 12 hours ago
"Hai guyz! I'm in Ur Church, makin you cry lol! LRN2Grieve" 1 day ago
"This is a pretty nice box I'm in. Very comfy! I wish they'd put me in my other suit, though. This one has a tag that always made my neck itch." 2 days ago
"OK, I'm glad embalming is only done once. I'm drained!:-P" 2 days ago
"Status: Dead. lol!" 3 days ago
Re:Status updates for a dead person? (Score:3, Funny)
Status: Very serious, but stable, condition
I'm not dead yet (Score:3, Funny)
ob: Monty Python
I'm not dead yet!
Yes he is.
No I'm not.
Is there something you can do?
[thwack]
Re:Status updates for a dead person? (Score:2, Funny)
You're forgetting all the other important demographics.
Vampire. Werewolf. Ghost.
And don't forget the reanimation technologies. If you're broght back like Frankensteins monster, do you get a percentage alive (5% live, 80% dead, 15% lunch), or will it go into detail (Left foot and right arm alive, rest still dead)?
Re:Smart move! (Score:5, Funny)
Who the hell would want to go to an open bar at Styx?!
First, you'd be surrounded by a bunch of invulnerable drunks. Fun if you're a redneck, but otherwise might become stale quickly. "Hey guys, hold my beer and watch me light my arm on fire!" x1000.
Second, you'd lose your voice for nine years (this is why the Gods swore oaths on the River Styx... if they broak their oath, they had to drink from the river, lose their voices for nine years, then spend another nine years exiled from the council of gods). So then you couldn't even make fun of the drunken invulnerable rednecks.
I'd much rather go to the open bar at Lethe, but no one can ever remember who the designated driver is...
Hello, shark (Score:3, Funny)
That thing jumping over you is a web2 remnant....
I'm certain twitter will have an auto twat service for the dead. "This twit is no more" "He has ceased to be". .....
Re:Status updates for a dead person? (Score:5, Funny)
I hate to nitpick[1], but a werewolf is not a member of the undead: "they're big and scary, they come from Überwald, and if you stab them with a sword they don't die. What more do you want?" you might ask (and someone from Discworld did ask). But this is slashdot, and pedantry runs rampant.
[1] Who am I kidding? I love to nitpick. It justifies my obsession with reading discussions on slashdot.
Re:Status updates for a dead person? (Score:5, Funny)
Werewolves aren't undead. I'd replace them in your list with "middle management".
Re:Status updates for a dead person? (Score:5, Funny)
"So... it's complicated?"
Re:Smart move! (Score:2, Funny)
So he's kind of like a virus now?
Re:Status updates for a dead person? (Score:3, Funny)
What if they were Buddhist and believed in reincarnation?
"Status: Possibly a cat"
Re:Smart move! (Score:3, Funny)
Was he named Dixie Flatline?
Re:Status updates for a dead person? (Score:3, Funny)
Status: Mostly Dead. Call Miracle Max.
Re:Smart move! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Smart move! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:as a nice touch.. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Smart move! (Score:5, Funny)
Would it have been possible to copy them to an SD card and bury it in the backyard? That would have been an ... interesting ... way of dealing with the situation.
Re:How long? (Score:3, Funny)
I have a friend who died this spring and got a suggestion that I "reconnect" with her. Um, no. Thanks.
Re:Will we still be able to 'poke' after people di (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, but it will be changed to indicate that you are poking them with a stick.
Re:Status updates for a dead person? (Score:3, Funny)
What if they were Buddhist and believed in reincarnation?
"Status: Possibly a cat"
Well, in that case, you most certainly cannot has cheeseburger.
Re:Smart move! (Score:2, Funny)
Total control of the government and still blaming Republicans for not passing more socialist and fascist agenda... priceless.
2010 can't come soon enough.
I know you just cited a ton of issues you have with the current administration, but I'm going to ignore all of them and say that you must be a racist. ;)